A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SNAKE AND LADDER GAME ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ORAL HYGIENE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ALCHEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, COIMBATORE

Objectives: a) To assess the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among school children in experimental group and control group. b) To provide snake and ladder game on oral hygiene among school children in experimental group. c) To assess the effectiveness of snake and ladder game on the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among school children in experimental group. d) To compare the pre-test and post test score in experimental and control group. e) To associate the post-test level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among school children in experimental and control group with their selected demographic variable. Methodology: Research approach: Experimental. Research Design: Descriptive design. Research Settings: study will be conducted at selected alchemy school. Population: children 6 to 8 years of age those who are studying in selected alchemy school. Sample size: 60 students. Sample technique: purposive sampling technique. Result: inferential and descriptive statistics were used to analyse the values. The obtained mean value in post test score was 20.37 in experimental group. And the calculated paired t test value was 16.06 in experimental group. Significant at (p<0.5) There is a significant association between the experimental group in age of the children, class of studying, sources of information, education of father and education of mother in the post-test level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children. Conclusion: The study findings the revealed that the effectiveness of snake and ladder game on improving the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene especially among school children was respective they have learn through the play way method.